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Atlantic blue tang

Acanthurus coeruleus

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take at -45 ft in a Caribbean reef.
Medium size fish can vary in shade from light to dark blue, the dorsal, anal and caudal fins are neon blue.
Usually moves in schools looking over the reef for food mostly algae and see-weed and Krill.

Habitat:

Common fish of the Caribbean sea from north Florida, Golf of México to the north of Brazil.

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Acanthurus coeruleus

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Caribbean Reef Fish of Southern Mexico
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The Color Blue

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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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